Is that such a crime? Who knows with British law?

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The word “corrupt” is not quite appropriate. The word “murky” might be better employed

I was well rebuked by Keir Starmer, QC, the head of the Crown Prosecution
Service, who took me to task on our Letters page on Monday for writing (he
said) that the CPS was riddled with corruption. He was referring to my
column on Saturday: a canter through 20 scandals beyond phone hacking that
might leave us shocked at the confirmation of what we already know.

I didn’t, in fact, explicitly say that the CPS was riddled with corruption,
but I did seem to imply it. I’m sorry carelessly to have slurred a service
composed overwhelmingly of honest individuals.